Kirito finally finished his uncoordinated dance and returned to his seat, but Anko was gone.
Shikamaru and Chōji were feasting on their meal.
"Wow! Roast suckling pig?" Ino let go of Kirito's hand, rushed to the barbecue, and started eating. After a long time, she was also hungry.
Kirito asked Shikamaru, "Where is Anko?"
"Left already," Shikamaru said lazily, turning around. "She even said that when you collect your reward, collect it for her as well!"
Kirito thought it was better to leave, because if he didn't, he would have a headache!
He was caught between Anko-senpai and Ino, and it was really difficult for him to survive.
"Here, some water!" Ino, who was happily eating barbecue, handed her water cup to Kirito and said, "Didn't you bring any water? Your lips are all chapped!"
Kirito took the cup, held it high, tilted his head back, and poured the water into his mouth through the air.
Ino chuckled and said softly, "You don't have to be like this. I don't dislike you!"
Kirito put down the cup, smiled faintly, and said, "I know."
There were so many people around now, and if someone saw him drinking water directly from Ino's cup, there would inevitably be gossip.
After the bonfire party, Kirito went to Iruka alone to collect his reward.
Walking to Iruka's door—
"Kirito, come in quickly!" Iruka waved to him.
Kirito walked in and said, "Mr. Iruka, I'm here to collect my reward. Anko asked me to collect it for her as well."
"Yes, she told me." Iruka took out two envelopes and handed them to Kirito, saying, "Thank you for your hard work. This is your reward. I really don't understand why Anko-senpai, as a special Jōnin, would accept such a mission. Well, it's getting late, go back and rest early!"
"Yes," Kirito nodded, "Thank you, teacher!"
It was already past nine o'clock when Kirito returned home. He breathed a sigh of relief and lay down on the bed.
He hadn't rested for over twelve hours and was indeed a little tired.
"Ding Dong! Congratulations to the Host for completing the mission: Campus Patrol!"
"Mission Reward: Devil Fruit—Meow Meow Fruit!"
"Huh?" Kirito was stunned. An ugly fruit appeared next to him.
Kirito looked at the fruit and was very surprised: "…Devil Fruit?"
This is something from One piece, but he didn't expect that the mission reward would include a Devil Fruit.
However, people who eat Devil Fruits have a weakness… they can't swim, and he didn't know if there was seastone in this world.
"Eat? Or not eat…"
Just when he was hesitating, the term attribute suddenly popped up.
"Zoan Devil Fruit – Leopard Classification. After consumption, the human body will take on the shape of a leopard, similar to a 'saber-toothed cat'. Large in size, carnivorous, with increased brutality and enhanced abilities. Weakness: None."
When Kirito saw the word "none," he felt ecstatic!
This Devil Fruit had absolutely no side effects! This system was quite considerate!
In that case, what was there to hesitate about?
Kirito immediately started eating it in big mouthfuls, and soon he finished the whole fruit.
After a while, Kirito's body gradually became hot, his muscles swelled, and his clothes burst!
Almost in the blink of an eye, he turned into a leopard bigger than a tiger.
Kirito got on all fours, raised his big furry paws, and felt a surge of joy in his heart…
With a thought in his mind, he transformed into an orc — a leopard-shaped orc about two and a half meters tall.
He could feel that his abilities in all aspects had improved and his senses had become more acute.
Just a wave of his fist could blow the lights in the room!
The space was too small, so Kirito could only return to normal, but he still felt a little unsatisfied.
At this moment, Kirito suddenly thought, if someone saw the beast form, how could he explain it?
After thinking for a while, it should be possible to explain it as something similar to the Inuzuka Clan's beast-mimicking ninjutsu.
Beast-like ninjutsu was not uncommon in the Ninja World and should not arouse suspicion.
Kirito, who had just eaten the Devil Fruit, became energetic and sat down at his desk again to continue his great novel-writing career.
At nearly midnight, Kirito had finished writing the second chapter of the novel.
He stretched himself and decided to stop writing here.
After washing up, he lay down, put on his clothes, and fell into a deep sleep.
The next day, Kirito was lying in bed, groggily trying to turn over, when his hand touched something warm.
What?
Kirito was startled and immediately got out of bed. He looked closely and his eyes almost popped out. The person lying on his bed was actually Mitarashi Anko——
"Oh my goodness! What's going on?" Kirito said dejectedly, covering his face.
Anko was lying on the other side of the bed, sound asleep.
A stream of drool flowed from her open mouth! Her clothes were loose, revealing her shoulders, which was very tempting.
However, Kirito was thinking: should he ask her to clean the drool on the bed? He really didn't want to wash the sheets himself!
And how did she get in?
Kirito turned his head and looked!
The window was broken… broken!
It looked like Mitarashi Anko had broken in through a window! Besides that, the floor was a mess — leftover food and packaging were scattered everywhere, along with two wine bottles and even his notebook for writing the novel!
Seeing this, Kirito walked over carefully and picked up the notebook.
Fortunately, fortunately! The notebook wasn't broken!
Putting the notebook back on the desk, Kirito gritted his teeth as he looked at Anko who was sleeping soundly!
He took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "Mitarashi Anko!"
But Anko just smacked her lips and fell into a deep sleep again, with no intention of waking up at all.
Kirito sighed, looked at Anko with complicated eyes, and began to clean up the scene himself.
Although it was a mess, it wasn't difficult to clean up — just sweep it into the trash can.
It was just that the broken glass was a bit troublesome. If you missed any, it would be dangerous to step on it barefoot.
After everything was cleaned up, Anko showed no signs of waking up.
Kirito sighed helplessly and sat on the edge of the bed, staring blankly at the leaky window.
Near noon, Anko hummed twice and finally moved.
She opened her eyes, propped herself up, stretched, then sat on the bed.
"I slept so comfortably!" Mitarashi Anko rubbed her eyes. "Why is there wind?"
Why is there wind? How dare you ask?
Kirito was going crazy!
Kirito rolled his eyes and said, "You really are a forgetful person! After a night of drunken madness, is this the end?"
Anko was stunned for a moment, and memories came back like a tide.
Blushing, she avoided Kirito's gaze and shamelessly said, "You were asleep when I came. It would be so rude to wake you up. Then I came in by myself…"
Kirito was speechless. "So you took food and drinks and started making trouble in my house? And you even took my manuscript!"
Mitarashi Anko looked innocent: "I didn't mean it. Don't be angry. I apologize…"
"Hey! By the way, I have something important to tell you!" Anko saw Kirito's face getting darker and darker and quickly changed the subject: "The Novel Store has decided to publish your novel and is giving you a 12% share!"
When Kirito heard about the submission, he didn't think much of it and nodded, saying, "I thought it would only be 10%. After all, this profit-sharing model has never been tried before."
"Hehe, you have to thank me for this!" Mitarashi Anko said proudly.
"I have to thank you very much!" Kirito's expression brightened. He took out an envelope from the drawer and handed it to Anko, saying, "Here, this is for you! Keep it!"
"What is it?" Anko excitedly took the envelope, opened it, and pinched Kirito's face: "Is this how you thank me? Isn't this my mission reward?"
End of the chapter.